Donte Moncrief caught 7 touchdowns last year, and he caught them despite catching only 30 passes overall. Three other wide receivers on his own team caught more passes. This is rare.
In this century, only seven other wide receivers have caught 5-plus touchdowns without catching more than 30 passes.
| SCORING WITHOUT MANY CATCHES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | No | Rec | Avg | TD |
| 2014 | Martavis Bryant, Pitt. | 26 | 549 | 21.1 | 8 |
| 2002 | Marc Boerigter, K.C. | 20 | 420 | 21.0 | 8 |
| 2016 | Donte Moncrief, Ind. | 30 | 307 | 10.2 | 7 |
| 2002 | Santana Moss, NYJ | 30 | 433 | 14.4 | 6 |
| 2003 | Darnerien McCants, Wash. | 27 | 360 | 13.3 | 6 |
| 2006 | Vincent Jackson, S.D. | 27 | 453 | 16.8 | 6 |
| 2007 | Nate Washington, Pitt. | 29 | 450 | 15.5 | 5 |
| 2010 | Randy Moss, 3 teams | 28 | 393 | 14.0 | 5 |
Moncrief is different from most of those guys, of course, in that he missed half of last year. Presumably if he’d stayed healthy, he would have caught about 60 passes, with perhaps 11-13 TDs.
But regardless, he’s got a big body, and he’s a guy Andrew Luck has had some comfort with around the goal line.
—Ian Allan